Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove
Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Raintree Group Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.2 miles away.
Originally planted by local eucalyptus enthusiast Max Watson in 1964. Examples of more than 40 different eucalyptus species.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Raintree Group Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Circle Group Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
- Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Oak Hill Playlot: 0.3 mi
- Vasona Lake County Park: 0.5 mi
- Live Oak Manor Park: 0.5 mi
- Oak Meadow Park: 0.9 mi
- Blossom Hill Park: 1.0 mi
- W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel: 0.9 mi
- Downtown Campbell Water Tower: 3.0 mi
- Rebel Yell Haunted House: 3.5 mi
- Alma Culture Landscape: 4.9 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 6.3 mi
- Shir Hadash Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- Forbes Flour Mill: 1.9 mi
- George & Ruth Barati: 1.9 mi
- Flame of Liberty: 1.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Worcester Park: 1.6 mi
- Heintz Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Santa Rosa Openspace: 2.8 mi
- St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve: 2.8 mi
- McAbee Entry: 5.0 mi
- Forbes Mill Museum: 1.9 mi
- New Museum of Los Gatos: 1.9 mi
- Campbell Historical Museum: 3.1 mi
- Saratoga Historical Park: 3.8 mi
- Youth Science Institute Sanborn: 5.6 mi
- Eolian: 1.9 mi
- Portals and Passages: 1.9 mi
- The Cats: 2.5 mi
- Circles and Stars: 4.3 mi
- Fuel Tank: 4.3 mi
- Blossom Hill: 2.4 mi
- Saint Josephs Hill: 2.8 mi
- Lone Hill: 2.9 mi
- Collords Peak: 3.3 mi
- Priest Rock: 3.4 mi
- Saratoga Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Phelan Cacti Garden: 3.6 mi
- Italianate Garden: 3.6 mi
- Life Lab: 4.1 mi
- Hakone Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 15.7 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 18.6 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 18.6 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 18.9 mi
- Capitola Beach: 18.9 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 7.9 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 10.5 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 11.6 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 14.1 mi
- Maple Falls: 14.2 mi
- Cherry Springs: 4.8 mi
- Congress Springs: 5.0 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 9.4 mi
- Travertine Springs: 9.7 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 11.7 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 6.4 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 7.2 mi
- Underworld Rock: 7.5 mi
- Upper Quarry: 17.8 mi
- Upper Quarry: 17.8 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 19.8 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 20.6 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | SE 145° | 1,154 m | 11.4 mi |
| Crystal Peak | SE 142° | 1,097 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | SSE 149° | 1,063 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Thayer | SSE 157° | 1,061 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Chual | SE 141° | 1,046 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | WSW 258° | 985 m | 7.3 mi |
| Castle Rock | W 261° | 979 m | 7.4 mi |
| El Sombroso | SSE 148° | 917 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Aptos · 18 mi
- Capitola · 19 mi
- Santa Cruz · 19 mi
- Watsonville · 25 mi
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